Easy DIY Goat Shelter 

I’m going to build this tomorrow… so much lighter than the big metal/2x6 heavy monsters I’ve created. Thank you for sharing this design.

Great editing and script! You get right to the point!!

After many days of searching portable goat shelters for pasture rotation, this is the best plan I’ve seen. Thank you so much!

Dude!!! You are a lifesaver!! We just got our first few goats and need a shelter for them, and apparently, they topcoat wood with gold now so I can only imagine this will be WAY more affordable! Thanks!

Love all the detail, yet a short and concise video. Easy to pause video and make a list of the items that I need. Great video! Thank you so much! I'm heading out to pick up my supplies right now :-) my goats are gonna love this

Best instructional video I've ever seen, logically formatted, detailed, and easy to understand, without extraneous material. Love it.

Great video! Saving this to build our goats their shelter! 🙌

Thanks for sharing the video. Love the simplicity of the design.

Agree with all the positive comments. Very well constructed and clear. Really appreciate your channel!

Your video was easy to follow and was super easy to build! Thanks!

Love it ..that all came together So well!! 👏❤😊

This a fantastic tutorial, thank you so much, we should actually at last manage to get a good shelter made! Great clarity of instruction and helpful film clips!. Our goats will be SOOOO happy!

This is just what I was needing I can make this in a day and start getting the pen set up for the kids.

I made a PVC condo for my inside cats a couple years ago and it still looks like new.PVC is the way to go!I love the shed you made! Awesome job!

Thanks for posting this. We are getting a few goats next week. Have a BLESSED Day 🇺🇸

Thanks, made one today works very well!

great idea, thanks for sharing

Excellent video, including the beginning stages and this last version. Your little helper did awesome. You guys, you did okay, too. ;) Props to your camera-"man." Thank y'all!

great video, thank you !

A great video! Thank you! I could see this structure also as a greenhouse, but using 7 mil heavy duty plastic visquene.

Thank you for the knowledge.

This is awesome and such a good design. You must be an engineer by trade.

Its really easy i will try. Thanks Man

awesome. I made a similar structure for my garden only used the white mesh to keep bugs out. I used rings to put the pvc ends in instead of screws. They worked great.

I just watched your video because I’m looking at building some portable shelters for our goats. I enjoy your channel. New subscriber.

Great idea. this is easy and inexpensive.

Thanks Andrew

Very good shelter!!!! Thank you!

We plan to make one of these this winter, only we plan to use cattle panel instead of PVC pipes. We need the strength and the weight bc of high winds on our pasture. But the wheels would make it a dream to get around the farm for weed control areas! Thanks for the idea!

Good video.

Thanks buddy. Good one

Great. Thanks from NW NC.

Nice video and nice drive way wish mine wus that nice

amazing

Thanks Andrew Mast for the excellent video! I made this shelter for our Boer goats and it lasted nearly a year while we only had adult goats in the herd (1 buck and 4 does). The adults learned quickly that they couldn’t climb on it and stopped trying. Once they had babies though it didn’t last too long. Our baby goats were so energetic and just wanted to jump on everything and they ripped the tarp and collapsed the PVC frame within a month or two just from jumping on the side of it. However, the timber frame is still good and now our babies are older, I am about to rig up a new PVC frame and tarp for it as I think once the babies are over the jumping phase, this structure works very well and is super mobile and easy to move around. Less than a hundred bucks for a new tarp and the pvc pipes and connectors and quick work to put it together so I don’t mind replacing that part of the structure once a year after the babies grow up. We have a permanent shelter I can move the goats to in heavy rain while this was out of action but if you are doing rotational grazing and don’t have any young “jumpy” babies in your herd, I recommend giving this structure a go.

Nice sir

Nice

This is amazing! How will it hold up during the winter being exposed to the elements?

Great video! I’m gonna give it a try. Thank you for your concise yet detailed explanation on it all. Subscribed!

I love goats

We just tried this shelter. The glue did not hold up to the pressure after 24 hrs. We used the wood frame and 2 - 10’ pieces of cattle panel, put the tarp over the cattle panels. Worked great.

This is wonderful! Thank you for making this video, it's so helpful :) I have been looking into getting pygmy angora goats, but I drive a Prius, so buying large supplies is a bit difficult, lol! But this is something I can very easily make!

New subscriber here

Very nice. Please list all the materials needed for easier shopping. Thanks!!

Made this about a month ago. The PVC only lasted about a week before snapping at the bottom and joints along the top. We just rebuilt using woven wire this weekend. Hoping it lasts at least through the winter!

This is a very nice shelter! How is the durability vs goats? Any horn snagging issues? I wonder how a mineral feeder would do mounted to the side.

Well done video and Nice temporary shelter, however pvc and zip ties will degrade quickly in the sun….the cattle panel version might be more durable.

Thank you for the clear explanation. I heard that PVC deteriorates in sun and it is best to use plastic electrical conduit instead. Is that true? Are connectors for conduit available? Thanks again

Hi andrew in your experience does this shelter work with snow and wind? Or does it fly away?

Great video. Are you saying that when you have the pvc together that both ends need to be 10’ and the three in the middle need to be cut down to 91”? Sorry I just want to understand. A supply list would be good. TIA.

I didn’t see the part where you added the wheels. Still learning. What do I need?

Hey Andrew! We're really excited to find your plan and have bought materials; just wondering how long you've had this new design and how it's holding up? Noticed a comment below about the PVC breaking. Are your shelters still enduring? What's your climate like?

Great idea how did you attach wheels

Is this warm enough for them for a midwest winter?

What kind of wheels or where do you buy them? Thanks.

You could probably drill and bolt the joints due to glue not being strong enough and also I would think it would be better to use pipe hanger strap to secure the pipe to the wood frame

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Will this withstand heavy wind and rain? Lately, we get lots of those here in AR. Thank you.

Will this work as a main shelter or will they need something more predator proof?

Do you use CPVC or schedule 40 PVC for the 1/2" PVC frame?

this would work for sheep too

Does this work for male goats it’s a great video I am just not sure if my male goat will fit?

How did you attach the wheels? any special rods?

Tried this…. Couldn’t get the pvc to stay in the four/three ways when putting the pvc skeleton in the frame. Even ended up drilling screws at the junction points for each piece of pvc. Even that didn’t hold. The pvc just broke after about 10 seconds of being in place. Don’t think I’m doing anything with pvc again.

How much was the total cost to build one?

Very nice shelter tractor but my goats would eat the tarp.

Did you use pretreated wood? I plan to use pine wood and it's not treated. If I have to treated then I can do it my self with old used motor oil mix with diesel oil. I have seen how it's done on youtube. Thanks.

I like it but would just use cattle or hog panel cold weather and pvc becomes brittle and snaps easily

Have you had any issues with the goats jumping on or nibbling on the shelter? I think my goats would destroy one of these...

Can anyone tell me how long it took them to construct this?

Sir list all the materials with measurements.

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I would attach electrical conduit pieces with metal brackets to wood and insert pvc into the conduit.

I did this. My goata destroyed the tarp in four months

Dude Wtf? You keep contradicting yourself on the items you need. Multiple times you say 2in deck screws then when it comes to the instructions you say take your 3 inch deck screws??